English Language Teaching during Japan's Post-war Occupation

Mayumi Ohara obtained her doctorate at the University of Technology Sydney. John Buchanan is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Technology Sydney.

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PART 1: Context



Chapter 1 The Scope of this Book



Chapter 2 Setting the Scene



PART 2: Historical Background



Chapter 3 History of Foreign Language Education in Japan



Chapter 4 Exploring the Historical Literature (1)



Chapter 5 Exploring the Historical Literature (2)



Chapter 6 Data Sources, Collection and Analysis



PART 3: Interviews and Their Implications



Chapter 7 The Interviews: What We Learned



Chapter 8 Concluding Thoughts



Appendix A Examples of Publications



Appendix B School Systems



Appendix C Lists of Japanese Names Translated into English



Appendix D The Locations of the Middle Level Schools Attended by Participants (Except for Yoko) as well as Other Places Referred in the Book.



Appendix E Summary of Warfare Between the Manchurian Incident and the Pacific War



Appendix F Political Occurrences and the Periods of the Participants’ Middle-level Schooling



Appendix G The Numbers of English Majors in Hiroshima Arts and Sciences University and Hiroshima Higher Normal School



Appendix H Employment of Foreign Teachers



Appendix I Information on the Participants (Age Order)



Appendix J Sample Interview Questions



Appendix K The Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan



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